Article 4 - Claim Proceedings

California Health and Safety Code — §§ 80970-80975

Sections (2)

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.

(a)Except as specified in subdivision (b), the procedures specified in Article 8 (commencing with Section 11435.05) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, and in Section 11513 of, the Government Code apply to the proceedings conducted by the Department of General Services pursuant to this chapter.
(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), Sections 801, 802, 803, 804, and 805 of the Evidence Code apply to the proceedings conducted by the Department of General Services pursuant to this chapter.
(c)The Department of General Services may consider evidence presented by any person against whom a demand was made pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 80920. The evidence

presented by that person shall become a part of the record upon which the Department of General Services shall base its decision.

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.

(a)All decisions rendered by the Department of General Services shall be in writing, with notification to all appropriate parties, and shall be rendered within 90 days of submission of a claim to the Department of General Services unless all the parties to the claim agree in writing to an extension of time.
(b)The decision shall be considered a final agency action for the purposes of judicial review of the decision by any party to the proceedings resulting in the decision.